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Patent GB-190805733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pistons and in Packings therefor.
Filed: 1908-03-14
Granted: 1909-03-15
Abstract: 5733. United Kingdom Self-Adjusting Anti - Friction Metallic Packing Syndicate, and Foden, W. March 14. Pistons.-The piston 1, integral with the rod and having a tail-piece 1<b>, carries on this piece a sleeve 3 keyed to the piston and held thereon by a nut 2, a doubly coned portion 3<a> being formed on the sleeve. A compound ring 5, 5<a> and a plain ring 6, both cut radially in several places, are placed on each side of the coned portion, springs 7 in rings 8 pressing the packing-rings on to the coned part. Pegs 9 keep the parts of the compound ring in their proper relative positions. A single large spring may replace the series of springs. The packing is particularly applicable for the pistons of carbon-dioxide compressors. The packing-rings are made of a softer metal than the piston, such as bronze. The nut 2 may have flats to receive a spanner, or podger holes which may be plugged when the nut is in position.
Patent GB-190808221-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Pressing Trousers and the like.
Inventor: GLOVER HENRY
Filed: 1908-04-14
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 8221. Glover, H. April 14. Trouser presses.-Trousers are pressed between an upper presser board in two parts 11, Fig. 1, connected by cross-bands 12, 13, and a lower board 8, which may be the bottom of a wardrobe drawer. Pairs of vertical racks 1, 2, 3, 4 are screwed to each side of the lower board, and slotted extensions 15, pivoted to each of the bands 12, 13, pass over the two front racks 1, 2, and are held at any desired height by wedges 16A. The upper board is depressed on to the trousers, whereupon two spring bolts 17, which may be connected by a rod, snap into the teeth of the other two racks and hold the upper board in any desired position. A wooden or other bar or strip is fixed below the bottom board to prevent warping.
Patent GB-190808541-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Printing, Feeding, and like Machines.
Inventor: VICKERY FREDERICK WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-04-16
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 8541. Vickery, F. W. April 16. Feeding sheets.-A movable device for positioning the sheets against the front stops of printing and like machines comprises a carriage J reciprocated by means of a cam H and a spring K, to which are secured fixed and pivoted gripper members D, E. The grippers take the sheet from tapes G and convey it forward against the front stops B, at which point the finger E is lifted by the engagement of the member J<1> with a stop M, and holding and smoothing fingers F are dropped on to the sheet. The grippers D, E then return, leaving the edge of the sheet to be taken by the grippers R, and are opened at the other end of the stroke by a stop N. The cam H has an adjustable part R so that the speed of the forward movement of the grippers may be varied. The device may be applied to underfed machines.
Patent GB-190808908-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Torpedoes.
Inventor: DAVIS CLELAND
Filed: 1907-07-15
Granted: 1908-08-27
Abstract: 8908. Davis, C. July 15, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Torpedoes.-A gun h is arranged in the war head of an ordinary torpedo, in place of the usual explosive charge. When the torpedo impacts against a ship, a percussion fuse k fires the charge j of the gun ; a time fuse m fires the charge n of the projectile after the side of the ship has been penetrated thereby. A cap e secures a space free from water in front of the projectile, thus allowing it to attain an effective velocity. Plugs f are ruptured at the moment of impact, to allow the escape of the air and of the gases of explosion.
Patent GB-190813460-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Locks and in the Method of Using the same.
Inventor: WALKER WILLIAM STANLEY
Filed: 1908-06-24
Granted: 1908-10-08
Abstract: 13,460. Walker, W. S., and Bilgrami, S. S. June 24. Locks, key and permutation; padlocks.-A lock is so arranged that the bolt may be locked by any authorised person but can be unlocked only by the particular person intended to open the door &c. Figs. 1 and 3 show the application of the mechanism to a padlock. The shackle e is locked by a series of removable plugs b which engage lugs f on the long arm of the shackle, and are themselves each locked in position by two spring catches c. The disposition of the locking- catches c varies, so that each plug b requires a different key for unlocking, but master keys may be provided. The lock is particularly applicable to railway-wagon doors. Each station is given a particular code and keys which only unlock the plugs b belonging to that code, so that when once the lock is set, it cannot be opened except at the one station. If the plugs are provided with letters &c. to correspond with the code, the device also serves as a label. The lock is applicable for mail-bags, boxes and other articles.
Patent GB-190817558-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Composition suitable for Making Coffins, Cases, Boxes, and other Articles.
Inventor: FRASER JAMES JOHNSTONE
Filed: 1908-08-21
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 17,558. Fraser, J. J. Aug. 21. Plastic compositions. - A plastic composition suitable for making coffins, cases, boxes, furniture, &c., is composed of 50 per cent or over of dried ground and sifted peat moss, mixed with refuse or spent lime (preferably from paper-mills), liquid magnesium chloride, caustic magnesia, and pulverized spent shale, to which water may be added if necessary. The resulting plastic mass can be readily moulded into any desired shape and then allowed to set and harden. The fibrous portion of the peat moss is obtained by grinding between rapidly revolving disks. When used in the manufacture of coffins, the proportions of materials used are approximately: peat 60, lime 10, magnesium chloride 11, caustic magnesia 9, and spent shale 10 per cent.
Patent GB-190827270-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Purifiers.
Filed: 1908-12-15
Granted: 1909-10-28
Abstract: 27,270. Marks, E. C. R., [Oliver-Roche Co.]. Dec. 15. Water, purifying.-Apparatus of the type in which water is filtered upwards through a filter placed within a settling-tank is provided with means by which the water is subjected to nascent oxygen produced as the result of a self-induced electrolytic action. Water enters a settling-tank A through a pipe 19, chamber 24, and screen 25. The electrolytic filter is formed of layers of carbon and sand separated by a brass screen and supported on a screen of galvanized iron which rests within the tank B on inclined slats 10 held in notches in beams 9. The filtration takes place under the pressure due to the head of water in the tank A, which increases as the filter becomes clogged. At a maximum head the inlet valve 21 is closed by a float 22. Impurities are washed away through a pipe 7 by a reverse flow. A tank D is provided for reagent solution. Fig. 9 shows a float chamber 34 corresponding to one of four filters controlled so that one is always being cleaned or held in reserve. With the float in the position shown, the valve 42 is open, but, when the float is in either of the positions shown in dotted lines, the valve is closed. When the liquid level rises in the filter, water entering the chamber 34 raises the float to close the valve 42 and passes through a pipe 46 to the float chamber of the reserve filter to open the inlet valve of the latter.
Patent GB-190900410-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: BLAKE HENRY THOMAS
IPC: F16K7/16
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-07-29
Abstract: 410. Blake, H. T. Jan. 7. T y r e - inflating valves.- A plug of rubber K fixed to a pin L forms a non-return liftvalve in the passage through a casing A. The passage is further controlled by a rubber, fibre, or like diaphragm G which has a plain centre and one or more out-of-centre perforations M. The diaphragm is secured by a washer F and a screwed sleeve K. When fluid is forced past the valve K, the diaphragm is distended and the fluid passes through the holes M. The casing is screwed at the outer end to receive the connexion of an inflator or a cap P.
Patent GB-190900471-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in the Manufacture of Certain Kinds of Watering Cans.
IPC: A01G25/14
Filed: 1909-01-07
Granted: 1909-09-02
Abstract: 471. Randle & Co., W., and Scrivens, W. T. Jan. 7. Watering-cans.-In cans of the kind described in Specification 5910/85, the tubular stay 6, Figs. 1 and 3, for the spout 5 is made from a flat piece of metal and is formed at one end with flanges 8, 9 which embrace the spout 5, and at the other end with flanges 12, 13 adapted to be riveted to the neck 3 and formed with a tongue 11 designed to be bent over the neck. The tubular handle 4 is similarly formed at the end secured to the neck, and its other end is provided with a flange 18. The neck 3 is flanged at 19, 20, Fig. 7, in order to secure it to the flange 21 of the conical top plate 2 of the can.
Patent GB-190903883-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Glazing Paper, Cardboard and the like.
Filed: 1909-02-17
Granted: 1909-08-26
Abstract: 3883. Armitage & Ibbetson, Ibbetson, W. H., Ibbetson, r., Woodburn, R. F., and Norrie, E. Feb. 17. Coating processes; coating-machines.-Paper, cardboard, or the like is glazed by being coated with gelatine or other glazing-material in a fluid condition and pressed against glass surfaces. The paper &c. is fed over a roller a and is coated by a roller b supplied with glazing-material by a roller c from a container d. The rollers b, c may rotate in directions opposite to those shown. The gelatined surface is polished by being passed between rubbercovered rollers together with a sheet of glass, or is pressed by a roller against a sheet of glass laid on a travelling table. A blast of air may be directed into the gelatined paper before the polishing, to chill the gelatine.
Patent GB-190904657-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Superheaters for Water Tube Boilers.
Inventor: DOSSOR FREDERICK MALCOLM
IPC: F22G7/14
Filed: 1909-02-25
Granted: 1909-08-12
Abstract: 4657. Dossor, F. M. Feb. 25. Straight-tube superheaters; arrangement of valves in superheaters. - A superheater for water-tube boilers of the Heine or similar type, having a very limited space between the bottom of the steam-drums A and the top row of watertubes P, consists of side boxes D connected by tubes C, which are arranged between the drums and the tubes and in the second pass of the furnace gases. Wet steam is led from the main G to the side boxes D, Figs. 1 and 3, by pipes H, and after superheating is led from a collecting-box J arranged between the steam-drums by a pipe K back to the main. Valves M, L regulate the proportion of saturated and superheated steam passing to the main. In a modification, the central box J is dispensed with, and one of the side boxes is formed in two parts, which communicate separately with the wet and superheated steam pipes. The boxes D are supported upon runners in frames E sunk in the side walls of the boiler. The superheater may be flooded and used as part of the generator by opening cocks N, which place the boiler drums in communication with the superheater boxes. Specification 13,307/00 is referred to.
Patent GB-190913461-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Circulators for Water Tube Steam Generators.
Inventor: HOWDEN JAMES
IPC: F22D7/00
Filed: 1909-06-08
Granted: 1910-06-02
Abstract: 13,461. Howden J. June 8. Water-tube boilers; tubes water.-The helical baffles, which are fitted to water - tubes to facilitate circulation, are made in sections jointed or connected together to render them flexible. Their insertion into tubes not directly accessible, as in the generator described in Specification 26,330/08, is thus facilitated. Fig. 2 shows the sections j ointed together by wire lacing B, the whole forming one continuous strip supported, for example, by a pin P within the tube. In a modification, Fig. 3, the sections are connected by webs Q<1>.
Patent GB-190914347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Portable Stoves for Cooking Purposes and the like.
Inventor: RAWSON HARRY CHRISTOPHER SHAW
IPC: F24B1/20
Filed: 1909-06-18
Granted: 1910-06-16
Abstract: 14,347. Rawson, H. C. S. June 18. Cooking-stoves.-A collapsible camp-stove consists of side and end walls hinged to a top plate or cover and fitted upon a tray, which, when the stove is packed up, forms a box or holder for it. Fig. 2 shows a stove consisting of side walls C and end walls D hinged to a top plate E, which is stiffened by T-irons, and has apertures with pivoted covers G, and another aperture, remote from the door I, fitted with a telescopic chimney H. The walls are fitted in a base or tray A, consisting of a base plate with three upturned sides. Angle-pieces at the corners of the tray, or rods stretching across the stove, prevent the walls C, D from collapsing when in use. To pack up the stove, the side walls C, and then the end plates, are closed upon the underside of the plate E, and all are placed in the tray A and secured by the metal straps or bands 0, which are shown in Fig. 2, serving as the feet of the stove. In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the stove has an oven P made similarly of folding plates and protected by a plate Q hinged or otherwise attached to the tray A. The door I is in one of the side walls, and a damper R is on the top of the oven. The walls C, D are connected to the edges of the tray A by a channel-iron N. Fig. 8 shows a stove with a cylindrical oven which slides into an expansion in the flue T. The stoves may be heated by wood, coal, &c., or by oil, spirits, &c.
Patent GB-190921656-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Billiard or Pool Balls.
Inventor: BURT ALONZO
IPC: A63B37/00
Filed: 1909-09-22
Granted: 1910-09-22
Abstract: 21,656. Burt, A. Sept. 22. Balls.-Billiard or pool balls are formed with a surface which retains a polished appearance and resists the adhesion thereto of dust, grit, or dirt. Two hemispherical cups D of pure transparent celluloid with outwardly - turned flanges G are placed over an uncoated ball E, as shown in Fig. 3. The usual rubber cups F are then drawn over the ball, and the whole is subjected to liquid pressure in an hydrostatic gun in the usual manner, thus integrally uniting the celluloid cups D with the ball E. The rubber cups F are removed, and the ball is trued-up in a lathe and polished in the usual manner.
Patent GB-190927899-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Drying or "Stoving" of Soap.
Inventor: HIGGINS ERIC
IPC: C11D13/26
Filed: 1909-11-30
Granted: 1910-10-27
Abstract: 27,899. Higgins, E., and Spensley, J. W. Nov. 30. Soap tablets, bars, &c.-Soap bars or tablets are dried or stoved by subjecting the surface to a high temperature for a short time in order to cause drying and fusion or partial fusion of the outer skin instantaneously. The heating may be effected by a hot flame such as that of a batswing bunsen burner, the flame and the bar of soap being moved relatively; or gas heated by passage through a heated coil or gases from a coke or other fire may be used; alternatively the soap may be moved past incandescent metallic surfaces. The soap may travel on wire belting covered with sheet asbestos.
Patent GB-190928470-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valves.
Inventor: WILKINS THOMAS MURRAY
IPC: G05D16/06
Filed: 1909-12-06
Granted: 1910-08-25
Abstract: 28,470. Wilkins, T. M. Dec. 6. Pressure-regulating valves. -Relates to a pressure-regulating valve for stoker and forcedraught engines, the objects being to provide means for varying and regulating the pressure at which the valve delivers the steam, and to enable at all times sufficient steam to pass through the valve to keep the stoker engine in motion. The latter object is attained by means of a by-pass passage 18 bored through the valve and spindle, so that the inlet 11 is always in communication with the outlet 12. The valve 17 is connected by a spindle to a series of hollow diaphragms 24, which are compressed by any increase in steam pressure in the inlet 11, and so partially close the valve 17. The bottom diaphragm is connected to a sleeve 26, screwthreaded through the cap 22 of the valve casing. A second sleeve 30, screwed to the sleeve 26, contains a spring bearing against a disk 31 on the end of a spindle, which passes loosely through the diaphragms and is secured at its upper end to the top diaphragm at 29. The normal opening of the valve 17 is adjusted by means of the sleeve 26, which, when screwed upwards, for example, bodily raises the diaphragms and increases the opening of the valve. A second and finer adjustment is obtained by a screw 35 which bears against the spring 32. As the screw 35 is rotated, the spring is compressed or extended and the spindle 28 raised or lowered, and the opening of the valve 17 altered accordingly.
Patent GB-190929407-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Reflecting Device or Signal to be Carried at the Rear of a Road Vehicle or on a Stationary Object.
Inventor: ENGLISH CHARLES FREDERICK
IPC: G09F13/16
Filed: 1909-12-16
Granted: 1910-11-10
Abstract: 29,407. English, C. F., and Davis, I. H. Dec. 16. Reflector signals. - A reflecting-device to be carried at the rear of a road vehicle or on a stationary object comprises a mirror with a faceted surface b and a suitable attachment. It may be carried by an arm A with a clip a<2>, c, Fig. 1, or a rim E, Fig. 2, with spikes may be used for attaching road signs. The frame may be arranged to show different colours according to the direction of travel.
Patent GB-191001192-A (GB)
Title: Self Filling Fountain Pens.
Inventor: VOGELMANN JOSEPH ANTHONY
IPC: B43K5/06
Filed: 1910-01-17
Granted: 1910-04-21
Abstract: 1192. Vogelmann, J. A. Feb. 25, 1909, [Convention date]. Reservoir pens.-In a reservoir pen of the kind filled by a piston 9 fitted with a valve 12 adapted to close openings 13 in the piston when the piston-rod 8 is pulled outwards to fill the pen, the valve moving away from the piston to permit ink to flow through the same when the rod is pushed inwards, an enlarged chamber 2 is provided adjacent the nib, in which the valve lies during the normal use of the pen.
Patent GB-191005047-A (GB)
Title: Harness Attachments or Cockeyes.
Inventor: SIMLE OSCAR
IPC: B68B5/00
Filed: 1910-02-28
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 5047. Simle, O. Feb. 28. Fastening.-A trace is secured to the hook of a single tree or to a hame hook by an eye 6, in which is a sliding spring - pressed block 7 to prevent accidental disengagement. The block 7 is provided with finger pieces 15 by which it can. be withdrawn.
Patent GB-191006043-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Matrix Setting and Type Line Casting Machines.
IPC: B41B11/06
Filed: 1910-03-10
Granted: 1910-09-15
Abstract: 6043. Degener, H., and General Composing Co. March 10. Magazines for type-bar making machines, quick-change mechanism for. The frame 5 which carries the magazine 4 is secured to a rotatable and slidable post 7 and is provided at the rear with a fork 13 which straddles a rod 23. The frame may be raised by a hand-lever 22 which is connected by a link 20 to arms 11, 11<1> engaging the bottom of the frame. When the hand-lever is depressed to raise the frame, the post 7 slides in the bearing 8 and the rear arm of the fork 13 is raised clear of the rod 23 so that the frame may be turned on the post 7 through a right - angle into the position shown in rear view in Fig. 4. The magazine is then allowed to slide down the frame until the projections 18 enter the hooks 17, the magazine being thus suspended clear of the keyboard 14 in a position which facilitates handling. The post 7 is held in the raised position by a pivoted latch 26 which engages beneath a stop-collar 24 on the post. The latch is spring-pressed and is provided with a stop 28 and a release finger 29. To lock the frame in the position shown in Fig. 4, the bearing 8 is provided with a pin 30 which springs into a hole in the post. To permit of the turning of the frame, the girder 15 is bent outwards; or in some cases the girder 15 may be straight and the magazine may be moved down the frame slightly before the turning movement takes place. The fork 13 may be replaced by a pin which slides in a socket.
Patent GB-191010367-A (GB)
Title: Reinforced Cardboard for use as Roofing Plates and for other purposes.
Inventor: SCHLISSKE HERMANN
Filed: 1910-04-27
Granted: 1910-12-15
Abstract: 10,367. Schlisske, H. April 27. Compound slabs.-Reinforced cardboard, for roofing-plates and other purposes, is composed of metal rods or the like a, Fig. 1, embedded in folds of oiled jute or like webbing c, placed between layers of cardboard b.
Patent GB-191016279-A (GB)
Title: Sorting Mechanism for Tapering or Pointed Articles.
Inventor: DRUMMEN JOSEPH
IPC: B21G1/12
Filed: 1910-07-07
Granted: 1910-10-13
Abstract: 16,279. Drummen, J. July 7. Separating by passing over or through graduated apertures.-Relates to apparatus for sorting or arranging needles and other tapered or pointed articles so that their points lie in the same direction. A revolving roller or drum a, Figs. 1 and 2, having peripheral grooves b to receive the articles c from a hopper d, carries the ends of the articles over a bar c projecting from the wall f. The needles that have their points towards the wall fall through a slot g in the bar and are carried on bv a roller, while those which have their thick ends towards the wall pass over the slot and are taken out by the bar e, which becomes wider underneath. A band resting on the roller a holds the needles in the grooves b while they are raised by the bar e. Fig. 5 shows a modification in which a revolving grooved disk a is used. In another arrangement, applicable for sorting out bent needles, an adjustable tongue or point is provided at the narrow part of the bar e under the slot g.
Patent GB-191017575-A (GB)
Title: Method of Operating Recording, Regulating, Indicating, or Controlling Apparatus in Plants for Gas Manufacture.
Inventor: CROSS FRANK LEONARD
IPC: C10B27/06
Filed: 1910-07-25
Granted: 1911-03-30
Abstract: 17,575. Cross, F. L. July 25. Hydraulic mains; plant.-The pressure of the crude gas in the hydraulic main or other part of a gas-generating system is transmitted to recording, regulating, indicating, or controlling apparatus through a current of purified gas entering the main. As shown, a current of purified gas is introduced into the hydraulic main above or below the liquid by a pipe 3, and a pressure gauge 7 or controller 8 is operated by the pressure of this gas.
Patent GB-191017734-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture and Production of a Caoutchouc Substance.
IPC: C08F236/04
Filed: 1910-07-26
Granted: 1911-06-08
Abstract: 17,734. Farbenfabriken vorm. F. Bayer & Co. Sept. 11, 1909, [Convention date]. Caoutchouc.-A substance resembling caoutchouc is prepared by heating isoprene with or without the addition of agents promoting polymerization. In examples given (a) isoprene is heated to 200‹ C. for 10-12 hours, and the resulting mass is treated with steam; (b) isoprene is heated for 6 days at a temperature of 80-100‹ C., and distilled with steam; (c) isoprene is dissolved in benzene and heated to 120‹ C. for 2 days, and the product is distilled in vacuo, and a tough transparent mass remains. The pressure varies from 20 to 4 atmospheres.